Dr. Gary Maynard received his Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in upstate New York
in 2013. He also received two M.A. degrees from Stony Brook--one in Sociology and
another in Theatre History. His Ph.D. dissertation was titled Global Youth Smoking, Neo-liberal Trade Policies and World Polity – A Lagged Panel
Analysis of Youth Smoking in the Developing World.

His research and teaching interests include: Quantitative research methods, Sociology
of Health, Social Development, Globalization, International Sociology, Mass Media,
Gender Studies, and the Sociology of Religion.